‘Little mouse’ rose from sous chef to O’Charley’s president

A promotion and pay raise won’t result in a bigger office for the new president of O’Charley’s.

Mickey Mills says she plans to stay in the same office at the Nashville-based restaurant chain’s Sidco Drive headquarters, despite her promotion from operations vice president.

Mills, who took the helm of the company on Tuesday, says she simply sees no need to move down the hall.

“My office is plenty big as it is,” she said.

Other tidbits:

She earned a political science degree, but began her business career as executive sous chef of Buca di Beppo’s original location in Minneapolis. She worked her way up the Italian restaurant chain’s ladder to become its SVP of operations before joining O’Charley’s in 2010.